2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN Complaints

WHEN I PUT THE VAN IN DRIVE OR REVERSE, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM THE STEERING WHEEL AREA. I BROUGHT THE VAN TO THE DODGE DEALER TO FIX IT. HE SAID A FEW CODES HAD TO BE DONE AND A FUEL INJECTION CLEANING. I WAITED FOR THE VAN FOR THREE HOURS AND IT WAS RETURNED TO ME AT A COST OF $263. I DROVE DOWN THE ROAD AND THE SAME NOISE WAS THERE AS IF IT HAD NOT BEEN TOUCHED. I BROUGHT THE VAN IMMEDIATELY BACK TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE POWER BRAKE MODULE AND THAT IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. HE TOOK THE VAN AND TOLD ME TO GET A RENTAL. IT WILL BE TWO WEEKS THIS THURSDAY (RENTAL CAR TOTALING OVER $700) AND I AM STILL WAITING FOR THE VAN. *TR

MY VAN SHUTS OFF WITHOUT NOTICE - NO WARNING LIGHT, NO HESITATION - JUST SHUTS OFF. I TOOK TO FULLERTON DEALERSHIP - CAR WAS RETURNED TO MONDAY 07/14. I ASKED FOR THE PART THEY FIXED, THEY REFUSED TO GIVE IT TO ME. TODAY, 07/18 WHILE DRIVING THRU A PARKING LOT, THE VAN SHUT OFF AGAIN. THIS IS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION AS I COULD GET RAMMED FROM BEHIND AND MYSELF AND CHILDREN MAY BE KILLED. I SPENT $580.73 OF MONEY I USE TO FEED MY CHILDREN BECAUSE I NEED TRANSPORTATION AND IT IS NOT FIXED. I WANT MY FUNDS RETURNED AND I WANT MY CAR FIXED OR I WANT ANOTHER CAR. I DESPERATELY NEED YOUR HELP *TR

2010 @ 40,000 MILES, TOTALLY INTEGRATED POWER MODULE (TIPM) REPLACED DUE TO ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH DOOR LOCKS (UNDER WARRANTY). 2014 @ 124,000 MILES TIPM SHORT AGAIN STARTING WITH THE FRONT BLOWER MOTOR. TIPM NEEDS REPLACED AGAIN. ESTIMATE $900, NO PARTS AVAILABLE DUE TO MASSIVE BACK ORDER AND NO TIMELINE OF WHEN PARTS WILL BE AVAILABLE. ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE VEHICLE DUE TO SAFETY ISSUES (I.E. RANDOM AIRBAG DEPLOYMENT, LOSS OF IGNITION, FIRE HAZARD). MAIN VEHICLE FOR FAMILY OF FIVE, MUST DRIVE DAILY FOR WORK AND FAMILY APPOINTMENTS. *TR

I WAS PICKING UP MY DAUGHTER AND OPENED THE DOOR AND THE HORN STARTED BLOWING, THE WIPERS WERE GOING, AND THE WINDOW WASHER FLUID WAS SPRAYING OUT. IT FINALLY STOPPED AND WAS FINE BUT HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES SINCE ONE TIME EVEN WHEN I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE RD AND NOW I'VE HAD TO DISCONNECT THE BATTERY BUT NOW I CAN'T CONNECT IT AGAIN BECAUSE IT WON'T STOP GOING CRAZY LIKE THAT. *TR

THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS ON MY 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN WILL NOT TURN OFF AND MY BLINKERS, SPRAY, REAR WINDSHIELD WIPERS, AND BRIGHTS WILL NOT TURN ON. I HAVE TRIED RESETTING THE BATTERY AND THIS ACCOMPLISHED NOTHING. IT HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AS THE TIPM, WHICH I UNDERSTAND IS HARD TO GET YOUR HANDS ON, AND THE PRICE OF REPLACEMENT IS EXTREMELY HIGH. IT APPEARS TO BE A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL OF CARAVAN. I HAVE HAD SEVERAL ELECTRONIC ISSUES INCLUDING WINDOWS THAT DO NOT ROLL DOWN, DOORS THAT DO NOT UNLOCK, KEY THAT GETS STUCK IN THE IGNITION, AND SLIDING DOORS THAT STOP WORKING. *TR

TL- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE KEY WOULD REMAIN STUCK IN THE IGNITION SWITCH AND FAIL TO POWER ON OR OFF THE VEHICLE. IN ADDITION, WHEN DRIVING THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE SPEEDOMETER, THE TRIPOMETER, THE CRUISE CONTROL AND THE POWER DOORS FAILED. THE POWER DOOR LOCKS ONLY OPERATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS POWERED OFF AND THE SECURITY DOOR LOCK FEATURE ACTIVATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT BOTH THE ACCELERATOR AND BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELED TO THE FLOORBOARD AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE DELAYED TO COME TO A STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CONTROL MODULE, THE TRANSMISSION LEAK ON THE TRANSMISSION LINE, THE OIL PAN AND THE MOLDING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM) AND NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 11V394000 (AIR BAGS AND EQUIPMENT). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. DJR

ELECTRICAL ISSUES. UPON STARRING, CAR WIPERS WILL NOT TURN OFF, WINDOWS WILL NOT OPEN OR CLOSE, CAR DOES NOT SHIFT RIGHT / BUCKS, CAR HAS DIFFICULTY SHUTTING OFF, THE GPS/TV FLICKERS AND THE CD EJECT RUNS CONSTANTLY EVEN WHEN THE CAR IS OFF. HAD IT LOOKED AT BY LOCAL NON DODGE MECHANIC AND WAS TOLD NOT TO DIVE IT AS IT WAS PROBABLY THE TIPM. CALLED THE DEALER AND DESCRIBED THE ISSUE AND THEY GAVE ME A SERVICE DATE OF 14 DAYS IN THE FUTURE TO EVEN LOOK AT THE ISSUE. INTERNET SOURCES SAY CHRYSLER WILL NEED 30 - 60 DAYS TO ORDER BACK ORDERED PART. ITS SCARY TO THINK THAT SOME FOLKS WOULD NEED TO DRIVE THEIR CAR FOR 2 WEEKS IN THIS CONDITION BEFORE IT CAN EVEN BE SEEN AND EVEN LONGER AS THEY WAIT FOR A PART. I DON'T THINK ITS SAFE TO DRIVE, IF THIS HAD FAILED WHILE DRIVING I WOULD BE VERY CONCERNED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 DODGE GRAND CARAVAN. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE DEALER MADE THE CONTACT AWARE OF RECALL NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 14V373000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM). HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.

WHILE MY VEHICLE WAS PARKED AT A CAMPGROUND, I CLICK MY KEY FOB TO UNLOCK THE DOOR AND THE REAR WINDSHIELD WIPER STARTED GOING OFF. TRIED TO START THE VEHICLE AND IT WOULD NOT START, NO LIGHTS NOTHING COMPLETELY DEAD. THE WIPER EVENTUALLY STOPPED. A FEW HOURS LATER, STILL PARKED WITH NO KEYS IN IT, THE WINDSHIELD WIPER FLUID AND WIPERS STARTED AFTER I CLICKED THE UNLOCK BUTTON ON THE KEY FOB AGAIN. THE FLUID KEPT SHOOTING UNTIL IT RAN OUT OF FLUID. THEN A FEW HOURS LATER WITH AGAIN NO KEYS IN IT OR KEY FOB USE THE HORN BEGAN BLARING. THEN THE LIGHTS AND WIPERS WENT OFF AS WELL. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO GET THE BATTERY DISCONNECTED AND IT STOPPED. I RECONNECTED THE BATTERY TWO HOURS LATER ONLY TO ROLL UP MY WINDOWS AND THE HORN IMMEDIATELY STARTED GOING OFF. I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP DOWN THE STREET AND I AM NOW WAITING ON THE RESULTS. I'M GLAD MY FAMILY WAS NOT WITH AND/ OR I WAS DRIVING. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED ACCELERATING UNINTENTIONALLY WITH ENGINE GOING TO HIGH RPM. DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH AS VEHICLE RANDOMLY TOOK OFF. VEHICLE REACHED CLOSE TO 85 MPH WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSED TO THE FLOOR. DRIVER AVOIDED A NEAR COLLISION WITH ANOTHER VEHICLE. DRIVER TURNED THE IGNITION OFF IN ORDER TO STOP THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE HAD TWO PEOPLE INSIDE DURING THE INCIDENT AND TWO WITNESSES FOLLOWING THE VEHICLE BEHIND, IN ANOTHER CAR. WITNESSES DESCRIBED SEEING THE DODGE CARAVAN TAKE OFF SUDDENLY BEYOND THE LEGAL SPEED LIMIT, WITH SMOKE POURING OUT FROM THE BRAKES AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS ON. DRIVER DESCRIBED THAT HE FELT THE THROTTLE PEDAL PHYSICALLY STUCK AND THE VEHICLE'S RPM INCREASING, EVEN WHILE PRESSING AND PUMPING ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. AFTER THIS INCIDENT AND DOING SOME RESEARCH, WE HAVE FOUND NUMEROUS COMPLAINS ONLINE WITH SIMILAR SITUATIONS. THE DODGE CARAVAN, IN THIS INCIDENT, DOES NOT HAVE ANY AFTERMARKET FLOOR MATS AS DODGE CLAIMS TO BE THE CAUSE OF UNINTENTIONAL ACCELERATION IN SIMILAR OCCURRENCES THAT HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO DODGE. THE DRIVER, PASSENGER, AND THE WITNESS ARE WILLING TO MAKE A STATEMENT, IF NECESSARY. *TR